Start Chris Boswell or Jake Bates? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Jake Bates over Chris Boswell
Wrong: 7.0 to 8.0
- Scored
- 7.0
- PPR pts
- Books imply
- 8.6
- fantasy pts
- Scored
- 8.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Jake Bates over Chris Boswell in Week 1.
Chris Boswell is priced by the books at 8.6 projected points and Jake Bates is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Jake Bates at ADP 156 and Chris Boswell at 167.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Jake Bates in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 8.6 fantasy points for Chris Boswell, with 60 percent of the markets a K needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Jake Bates and DET host NO.
Chris Boswell and PIT host ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
Injury status
Jake Bates was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Chris Boswell was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Jake Bates played 17 games for DET and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing K9.
Jake Bates, Week 18 of 2025 against CHI: 4 of 5 field goals, 1 of 1 extra point, 13.0 PPR points.
Jake Bates, Week 17 of 2025 against MIN: 1 of 1 field goal, 1 of 1 extra point, 5.0 PPR points.
Jake Bates, Week 16 of 2025 against PIT: 1 of 1 field goal, 3 of 3 extra points, 6.0 PPR points.
In 2025, Chris Boswell played 17 games for PIT and scored 144.0 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing K8.
Chris Boswell, Week 18 of 2025 against BAL: 2 of 2 field goals, 2 of 3 extra points, 8.0 PPR points.
Chris Boswell, Week 17 of 2025 against CLE: 2 of 3 field goals, 0 of 0 extra points, 7.0 PPR points.
Chris Boswell, Week 16 of 2025 against DET: 2 of 3 field goals, 3 of 3 extra points, 10.0 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Jake Bates scored 7.0 PPR points and Chris Boswell scored 8.0.
The call was wrong: Chris Boswell outscored Jake Bates by 1.0.
Jake Bates, Week 1 against NO: 1 of 1 field goal, 4 of 4 extra points, 7.0 PPR points.
Chris Boswell finished 0.6 points below the 8.6 the props implied.
Chris Boswell, Week 1 against ATL: 2 of 3 field goals, 2 of 2 extra points, 8.0 PPR points.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
K11 · PIT · bye 9
- Overall rank
- 142
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 2
Ranked behind
K18 · DET · bye 6
- Overall rank
- 212
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board70
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 2 and tier 3
- Board size244 draftable players
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